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December 01st Today's Highlights in History

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« on: December 01, 2009, 06:54:38 am »

Tuesday, December 01st
The 335th day of 2009.
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Today's Highlights in History

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   On Dec. 1, 1959, representatives of 12 countries, including the United States, signed a treaty in Washington setting aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve, free from military activity. (Go to article.)

On Dec. 1, 1872, Gerard Swope, the president of the General Electric Company for 20 years, was born. Following his death on Nov. 20, 1957, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
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   On December  1, 1883, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about New York City Mayor Franklin Edson and Tammany Hall. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)
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1824    The House of Representatives convened to decide the presidential election because no candidate had received a majority in the Electoral College. John Quincy Adams was eventually chosen the winner over Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay.

1913    The first drive-in automobile service station opened, in Pittsburgh.

1919    Lady Astor was sworn in as the first female member of the British Parliament.

1934    Sergei M. Kirov, the head of the Communist Party in Leningrad, was assassinated as Soviet leader Josef Stalin began a massive purge that would claim tens of millions of lives.

1942    Nationwide gasoline rationing went into effect in the United States.

1955    Rosa Parks, a black seamstress, defied the law by refusing to give up her seat to a white man aboard a Montgomery, Ala., city bus. Parks was arrested, sparking a year-long boycott of the buses by blacks.

1963    The Beatles' first single, "I Want to Hold Your Hand," was released in the United States.

1965    An airlift of refugees from Cuba to the United States began in which thousands of Cubans were allowed to leave their homeland.

1969    The U.S. government held its first draft lottery since World War II.

1973    David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first prime minister, died at age 87.

1991    Ukrainians voted overwhelmingly for independence from the Soviet Union.

1992    Amy Fisher was sentenced to five to 15 years in prison for shooting and seriously wounding Mary Jo Buttafuoco, the wife of the teenager's lover, Joey Buttafuoco, on New York's Long Island. (She served seven years.)

1997    A 14-year-old student opened fire on a morning prayer group at a high school in West Paducah, Ky., killing three students and wounding five.

2000    Vicente Fox was sworn in as president of Mexico, ending 71 years of ruling-party domination.

2004    Tom Brokaw signed off for the last time as anchor of the "NBC Nightly News."

2008    The National Bureau of Economic Research officially declared the U.S. to be in a recession.

2008    President-elect Barack Obama announced his national security team, including Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state.

Current Birthdays

Bette Midler turns 64 years old today.

AP Photo/Isaac Brekken Actress-singer Bette Midler turns 64 years old today.


87    Paul Picerni
Actor

86    Stansfield Turner
Former CIA director

75    Billy Paul
R&B singer

74    Woody Allen
Writer, director

70    Lee Trevino
Golfer

70    Dianne Lennon
Singer (The Lennon Sisters)

67    Casey Van Beek
Country musician

66    David Salzman
TV producer

65    Eric Bloom
Rock musician (Blue Oyster Cult)

65    John Densmore
Rock musician (The Doors)

63    Gilbert O'Sullivan
Singer

58    Treat Williams
Actor

53    Kim Richey
Country singer

51    Charlene Tilton
Actress ("Dallas")

49    Carol Alt
Model, actress

48    Jeremy Northam
Actor

43    Andrew Adamson
Director, producer ("Narnia" and "Shrek" movies)

43    Larry Walker
Baseball player

42    Nestor Carbonell
Actor ("Lost")

39    Golden Brooks
Actress

39    Sarah Silverman
Comedian-actress

37    Ron Melendez
Actor

34    David Hornsby
Actor, writer ("It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia")

34    Sarah Masen
Singer

32    Brad Delson
Rock musician (Linkin Park)

28    Mika Fineo
Rock musician (Filter)

21    Ashley Monique Clark
Actress

Historic Birthdays

Gerard Swope

12/1/1872 - 11/20/1957
American industrialist
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74    Etienne-Maurice Falconet
12/1/1716 - 1/24/1791
French sculptor

73    Martin Heinrich Klaproth
12/1/1743 - 1/1/1817
German chemist and discoverer of uranium

88    Marie Tussaud
12/1/1761 - 4/16/1850
French-born museum proprietress

77    Sir Dominic Corrigan
12/1/1802 - 2/1/1880
Irish physician and author

88    Rex Stout
12/1/1886 - 10/27/1975
American author

72    Walter Alston
12/1/1911 - 10/1/1984
American manager of the Brooklyn & Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team

73    Minoru Yamasaki
12/1/1912 - 2/6/1986
American architect

76    Mary Martin
12/1/1913 - 11/3/1990
American actress

   Cyril Ritchard
12/1/ - 12/18/1977
British actor


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